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Funeral of Cecil John Rhodes, April 1902

 Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3052M

Scope and Contents

An album containing prints measuring approximately 285 x 220 mm. with letterpress captions pasted onto the bottoms of the prints. The captions have been used as titles and have been recorded as found. The majority of the prints are signed in the negative. With the album is a booklet containing the order of service, the whole contained in a folder bound in hide. Rhodes died on 26 March 1902 and, after a period of lying in state in Cape Town, the body was transported thence by train to Bulawayo where it arrived on the morning of 8 April. For the rest of the day it lay in state in the Bulawayo Drill Hall and there, the following morning, the first portion of the burial service was read. A funeral procession then followed the coffin to the outskirts of the town, returning the next day, 10 April, to the grave at World's View where the remainder of the service was read by the Bishop of Mashonaland.

Dates

  • Creation: 1902-04

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).

Biographical / Historical

L. Pedrotti had a studio in Bulawayo in the early 1900s.

Extent

20 item(s) (20 images)

Language of Materials

English

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

good condition.

Existence and Location of Copies

This collection is available on microfiche: Africa, fiche numbers 144-145.

General

This item level description was entered by NE and MJC using information from the original typescript catalogue.

Originator(s)

Pedrotti, L, fl 1902, photographer

Includes index.
Date
2006-09-13 09:40:03+00:00
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Part of the Cambridge University Library Repository

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